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Originally Posted by TheJazMan
So, I have been growing tired of this game and ventured out to check some others. I noticed many of these other games update and inform the player base of what is in store for the near future. CoX has been my only game for a while but I started straying...I still....hope to stay here but I digress. These other communities get news about what's coming out ; why don't we? Where are the dev letters or state of game address? It would be nice to see the game head in a fresh direction as it is rather repetitive.
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-Dev Digest
-Community Digest
-Devs Playing the Game
-Ustream
-Seriously, Ustream
-PMs
-Intrepid Informers
I could go on. Do you expect everything to be spoon fed to you?
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The way they're now working with Issues and Issue updates is that everything that follows an Issue is counted as part of it, up until the next Issue goes into Beta.|
Originally Posted by Ogi
I'm a VIP but I only see beta forums for issue 21 which is the current issue and I22 is the one in beta or am I completely missing the actual beta forums?
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For example, even though Staff Fighting isn't going to be in the I22 launch, it is going to be in the I22 development period - which could mean a couple of weeks after I22 goes live, or as part of an I22.5 Issue update, if they keep on with these mini-Issues likes they've been doing since I19.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
The way they're now working with Issues and Issue updates is that everything that follows an Isue is counted a spart of it, up until the next Issue goes into Beta.
For example, even though Staff Fighting isn't going to be in the I22 launch, it is going to be in the I22 development period - which could mean a couple of weeks after I22 goes live, or as part of an I22.5 Issue update, if they keep on with these mini-Issues likes they've been doing since I19. |
I want it at launch! 
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Originally Posted by EU_Damz
No staff at i22 launch? Well grab your crayons and colour me sad
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But getting spoon-fed by Positron is one of the Vet Rewards!
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Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Don't really look beyond your own blinders much, do you?
-Dev Digest -Community Digest -Devs Playing the Game -Ustream -Seriously, Ustream -PMs -Intrepid Informers I could go on. Do you expect everything to be spoon fed to you? |
you could have it all
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I will let you down
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That reward would be awesome and creepy. On one hand, I get to talk with Matt Miller (at least for a few seconds before getting food in my mouth). On the other hand... I'm getting fed by someone other than myself. x.x
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Originally Posted by Party_Kake
But getting spoon-fed by Positron is one of the Vet Rewards!
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"Dark Armor is a complete waste as a tanking set."
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Some good info from most posts but someone obviously urinated in this guy's cereal. Wow. Snark at it's finest lol. Good comedy right here!|
Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Don't really look beyond your own blinders much, do you?
-Dev Digest -Community Digest -Devs Playing the Game -Ustream -Seriously, Ustream -PMs -Intrepid Informers I could go on. Do you expect everything to be spoon fed to you? |
ANyway, I do not play as often as I did nor do I visit the forums as much as I used to. I do appreciate the Ustream synopsis by VK (very cool) and see the odd item here and there. I am not going to go digging for all the details of what is coming up but Zombie Man provided some coming soon general info.
I was actually hoping the devs would post something that gives us a general idea where this game is heading over the next year or so. More trials? TFs? More zone re-makes? Can we finally see Praetoria go away (sick and tired of seeing this especially in all trials)...I know they can't reveal exact details but a general idea would be cool
I would like to say I am surprised by some of the snarky posts but then I'd be telling a fib. Ah yes...the forums...they are full of something
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More trials? TFs? More zone re-makes?
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If you can't be bothered to take a few minutes and peruse the Announcements subsection/Dev Digest/game homepage, I can't be bothered to stop myself from calling you on it.|
Originally Posted by TheJazMan
Some good info from most posts but someone obviously urinated in this guy's cereal. Wow. Snark at it's finest lol. Good comedy right here!
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You made your OP as if Paragon was Blizzard.
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"Dark Armor is a complete waste as a tanking set."
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LOL this is awesome. B-Teamers unite! lol
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Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
If you can't be bothered to take a few minutes and peruse the Announcements subsection/Dev Digest/game homepage, I can't be bothered to stop myself from calling you on it.
You made your OP as if Paragon was Blizzard. |
But we do get new, there the Coffee Talk and when times come they will post the info in the News Section of this Website and also on the forums, you just need to no what too look for.
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Originally Posted by Party_Kake
But getting spoon-fed by Positron is one of the Vet Rewards!
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Yes, full of information directly from the devs a click away. Not to mention the fact that Z or some other red letter does give updates and communicates directly with us daily. We may not like everything they communicate, but they do a darn good job of it and there is no other spin you or anyone else can put on it to change that fact. |
Originally Posted by TheJazMan
Ah yes...the forums...they are full of something
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Zman did get that info from the devs posting it here.
You are wrong face it.
The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.
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I'm sure you'd know all about "b-teamers"
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Originally Posted by TheJazMan
LOL this is awesome. B-Teamers unite! lol
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The problem with the developers giving even the vaguest hints of their long range plans is that people will latch onto their comments and hold them as immutable truths. When those plans inevitably change to face the realities of development, the forums become thoroughly inimical to rational thought.|
Originally Posted by TheJazMan
I was actually hoping the devs would post something that gives us a general idea where this game is heading over the next year or so. More trials? TFs? More zone re-makes? Can we finally see Praetoria go away (sick and tired of seeing this especially in all trials)...I know they can't reveal exact details but a general idea would be cool
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This has happened multiple times in the past and the lesson is always the same: giving out no information is always better than giving out information that is not 100% accurate, because the playerbase can and will nail the developers to the wall when the uncertainties manifest into ugly truths.
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Originally Posted by Gemini_2099
Only quibble I have is there is some lag with regards to putting in place what the player base wants and how it fits into their development schedule (eg epic/power customization). But they do eventually fit in room for what is requested the vast majority of time.
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Sometimes Im just tripping when I see dev quotes like:
"Seriously? You guys want Carnies costume pieces? Or sashes? Really?"
Is like they are kidding or just ignoring the feedback.
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Originally Posted by Angelxman81
This.
Sometimes Im just tripping when I see dev quotes like: "Seriously? You guys want Carnies costume pieces? Or sashes? Really?" Is like they are kidding or just ignoring the feedback. |
At PAX 2011's costume panel (PAX, not PAX east), I was the first one in line for Q&A/suggestions, and asked for sashes. There was some chuckling from everyone (including in the audience), which may or may not have been because of my enthusiastic IMMEDIATE jump up and scuttle to the microphone, but I think it was also because they were expecting it. (There were some of "those" glances going between the devs. Like "uh huh, who had "first suggestion" in the betting pool?" kind of looks. lol)
(yes, I did scuttle. it was darn near Zoidberg woob woob woob scuttling.)
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I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Regarding sashes...
At PAX 2011's costume panel (PAX, not PAX east), I was the first one in line for Q&A/suggestions, and asked for sashes. There was some chuckling from everyone (including in the audience), which may or may not have been because of my enthusiastic IMMEDIATE jump up and scuttle to the microphone, but I think it was also because they were expecting it. (There were some of "those" glances going between the devs. Like "uh huh, who had "first suggestion" in the betting pool?" kind of looks. lol) (yes, I did scuttle. it was darn near Zoidberg woob woob woob scuttling.) |
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
I'm a little disappointed someone from Paragon Studios isn't making me pancakes and bacon for breakfast while they inform me about the game.
I have to use "their" plentiful, easily accessible tools to find out information, which is totally unfair. I'm a VIP!
"I saw my advantage and took it. That's what heroes do." - Homer Simpson.
Wat?
Ustream, Conventions, Beta Forums, Beta/Test servers, and patch notes not enough?
I'll do this for you OP, since I'm feeling generous, how about I sneak into all the NCsoft Offices - or - better yet their homes and put up a hidden cam/sound bit in each room with a live feed boosted from an isolated island that is backed by seven racks of black box scramble feed dedicated on several botnet netcaches so you can see EVERYTHING and hear EVERYTHING they do 24/7?
Would that be better?
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Originally Posted by Lulipop
Wat?
Ustream, Conventions, Beta Forums, Beta/Test servers, and patch notes not enough? I'll do this for you OP, since I'm feeling generous, how about I sneak into all the NCsoft Offices... |
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Hey, this is my hiding place!
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Better yet, Bacon Waffles!!!|
Originally Posted by terrible_deli
I'm a little disappointed someone from Paragon Studios isn't making me pancakes and bacon for breakfast while they inform me about the game.
I have to use "their" plentiful, easily accessible tools to find out information, which is totally unfair. I'm a VIP! |
Thanks Mike (aka Bob)!
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
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Originally Posted by TheJazMan
LOL this is awesome. B-Teamers unite! lol
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Originally Posted by Mr. DJ
I'm sure you'd know all about "b-teamers"
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Seriously, i cannot be the only one who completely expected TJC's response when people pointed out how inaccurate and inane his claims were, can i?
Prat: "Dey tells us nuffin', the hypothetical Devs in some unspecified game even tell what they'll be doing a year from now including bathroom use."
Reading Comprehenders: "Did you even bother looking? They tell us stuff all the time; here's a list of upcoming additions and changes that have been discussed in the forums."
Prat: "None of that counts because you suck and I rule. Losers."
Dr. Todt's theme.
i make stuff...
I work in customer service and I can say based on what I have read is that dev communication has improved since Freedom has launched.
Only quibble I have is there is some lag with regards to putting in place what the player base wants and how it fits into their development schedule (eg epic/power customization). But they do eventually fit in room for what is requested the vast majority of time.